'Champions League rivals are of a high standard'

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says that the Champions League is definitely "not easy" after his side's 2-2 draw at Lyon.

"Today the Champions League showed me again that it's a
different competition, the players are better, the demands are so high," he said.

"They have weapons on set-pieces, defensively are so strong, they have quality
up front.

"When people say it's easy for the Champions League, you cannot imagine
how confused people are.

"After losing the first game, here was not a surprise. But in February we'll be there, another year for City. We can focus on the
Premier League and try to compete against the best teams in Europe when February
comes."

United 'not a favourite'

Either way, Jose Mourinho accepts Manchester United are not amongst the favourites to win the competition.

He said: "Realistically to be in the last 16 is an achievement. Not a
big one but in this group, with Juventus and Valencia, we could have finished third.

"There are better teams left in the competition than us. Teams
with more quality and more realistic ambitions. At this moment we will finish second and get a team that won the group; Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, the best teams in the world.

And here are more golden Mourinho quotes...

Mourinho most likely did not hear what BT Sport presenter Gary Lineker said about his reaction to Marcus Rashford's miss early on in the match.

In case you missed it, Links said: "If I saw my manager react like that, I would be absolutely livid.

"Turn to the crowd and your own bench and shake your head in disgust at one of your own players, let alone a youngster. You just don’t do that as a coach."

Here are Mourinho's comments on TV pundits, post-match:

"Can myself or another manager have a reaction of frustration? I would invite
that people to sit on the bench as managers.

"But I think maybe it's better to have lots of holidays in Barbados and go to
the television screen and touch the electronic dummies.

"I think it's much, much, much more comfortable than being on the touchline
like we managers we are.

"I am pretty sure that a proper football manager would never criticise another
one for emotional reactions on the touchline because it's deja vu for them. For the ones that have a nice life, it's different."